Abstract This study presents major anthropogenic sources of carbon monoxide (CO) in Pakistan and discusses the spatio-temporal variability of tropospheric CO over Pakistan and neighboring regions of Afghanistan, India and Iran for a period from 2003 to 2012 using satellite-sensed (AIRS/AMSU) data. The results show a large spatio-temporal variability of CO over the study region mostly associated with anthropogenic activities such as crop residue burning, vehicular transport, and electricity and energy generation, and local meteorology. The annual mean value of tropospheric CO is observed to be 115±2ppbv that remains almost steady during the study period with decadal increase of only 2%. Due to more anthropogenic emissions of CO and its transport, the eastern zone shows a higher average value of 122±2ppbv with 2.7% decadal increase than the western zone (111±3ppbv with 1.4% decadal increase). Elevated concentrations of CO have been observed over the Indo-Gangetic Basin, Lahore, Karachi, and Delhi. During the study period large fluctuations in CO mean monthly values are found ranging from 99ppbv to 131ppbv. The fact that, in spite of a large increase in the CO emissions from 2003 to 2012, its average concentration remains almost stable indicates that a large scale regional transport contributes substantially to the tropospheric CO. Carbon monoxide concentrations exhibit a strong seasonal pattern with maximum amplitude in spring and minimum in autumn. July is found to have the highest decadal increasing trend of 13% followed by August at 8%, whereas May has the highest decreasing trend of −8% followed by November at −4.4%.


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    Titel :

    Carbon monoxide (CO) emissions and its tropospheric variability over Pakistan using satellite-sensed data


    Beteiligte:
    ul-Haq, Zia (Autor:in) / Rana, Asim Daud (Autor:in) / Ali, Muhammad (Autor:in) / Mahmood, Khalid (Autor:in) / Tariq, Salman (Autor:in) / Qayyum, Zarmina (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 56 , 4 ; 583-595


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015-04-22


    Format / Umfang :

    13 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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